Carpodinus.] lxxxiv. afocynace^ (stapf). 81 



Leaves oblong, abruptly, shortly and obtusely acuminate, rather 

 rounded at the base, 5-() in. long, 2~2}j in. broad, thinly coriaceous ; 

 midrib widely and rather shallowly channelled above ; secondary nerves 

 ll-l;} on each side, fine, almost straight, horizontal, connected close to 

 the margin by very flat arches ; veins fine, but distinct ; petiole 2-4 

 lin. long. Flowers sessile in minutely pubescent clusters of 5-7 ; 

 bracts very small, pubescent, usually 1 to each flower. Calyx sub- 

 pubescent, scarcely | lin. long ; sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, ciliolate. 

 Corolla pale violet ; tube slender, 6-7 lin. long, widened near the 

 mouth, glabrous without, hairy within below the stamens ; lobes 

 lanceolate, as long as the tube. Ovary and style very minutely 

 pubescent. Fruit '^apple-shaped," striped with violet. 



Upper Guinea. Camoroons : Yaunde, 2600 ft., Zenker Sf Staj(df, 433 ! 



14. C. subrepanda, A". Schum. in Enyl. d- Prantl, Pflan- 

 zenfam. iv. ii. 132. A climbing shrub, with flngelliform tendrils, 

 quite glabrous except the flowers ; young branches biown or greyi&h ; 

 lenticels at length numerous. Leaves oblong, abruptly acuminate 

 (acumen linear, obtuse, up to lin. long, 1-2 lin. broad), rounded or 

 subcuneate at the base, 4-5^ in. long, 1 j-2^ in. broad, firmly coriaceous, 

 pale green on both sides or glaucous above ; midrib widely and rather 

 shallowly channelled ; secondary nerves 10-12 on each side, slightly 

 sunk above, slightly raised below, connected close to the margin by flat 

 or moderately bold arches ; veins inconspicuous ; petiole stout, 3-7 lin. 

 long. Flowers sessile, axillary, in subsessile minutely pubescent clusters 

 of 2-5 ; bracts very small, usually 1 to each flower. Calyx finely 

 tomentose up to 1 lin. long ; sepals ovate, subacute, ciliolate. Corolla 

 white, sweet-scented ; tube rather wide, widened from above the middle, 

 finely puberulous, 3^-1 lin. long ; lobes 3-4 lin. long, narrow, linear. 

 Ovary finely fulvo-hirsute on the top, otherwise glabrous. Fruit 

 globose, over 2 in. in diam. (according to a drawing by Delpy). Seeds 

 b-1^ lin. long. — Hiillier f. Kautschuklianen in Jahrb. Hamburg. 

 Wissensch. Anstalt. xvii. (18i)9), 3. Beih. 110, t. iii. fig. 6. C.friahilis, 

 Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1898, 38 (name only) ; Haliier f. I.e. 

 110 (name only). C. lacteus, K. Schum. MS. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Mnkonje, Preuss, 187 ! 



X.ower Guinea. Gaboon: Librtville, iT/atwe, 121 ! 336! 1132! 1157! 



15. C, glabra, Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1898, 38 (name 

 only). A glabrous climbing shrub, with very slender flagelliform- 

 tendrils ; branches slender, almost black ; lenticels numerous, minute. 

 Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, abruptly acuminate (acumen linear, 

 obtuse up to 8 lin. long), obtuse at the base, 3-5 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, 

 coriaceous, pale dull green above, brownish-green below when dry ; 

 midrib widely and deeply channelled above; secondary nerves 11-12 on 

 each side, almost horizontal and straight, with slightly finer more or 

 less parallel tertiary nerves between, connected close to the margin by 



